Early baseball in Texas/Club 27

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Location	Texas
Year	1868
Modern address	Lavaca TX
City	Lavaca
State	TX
Found by	Bruce Allardice

The Hempstead Texas Countryman, July 8, 1868, reports that Lavaca has a baseball club “which is the pride of the village.”

Lavaca TX is about 100 miles SW of Houston.

Sources

Hempstead Texas Countryman, July 8, 1868